LEARNING FROM OTHERS
“Learning from others” is indispensable.
No body’s own knowledge, however vast it may be, is complete on any subject. It
is always limited, or as the English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744) said “little”,
and which, according to him is dangerous.
Bookish
learning is of poor quality. It is quickly forgettable. Moreover, it is not
exhaustive. There are thousands of books on subjects like God, man, religion,
love, friendship, wealth, poverty, all the cardinal virtues and deadly sins,
yet we feel dearth of them.
Experience
is rightly considered the best teacher. You will come across innumerable persons who
never went to any school, yet their knowledge about life and work is amazingly
vast.
Learning
from others means adding their knowledge to your own. Some of the quotes
related to them are full of wit and wisdom.
Here are a few examples:
*The actions of men are the best
interpreters of their thoughts.-- English
philosopher John Locke (1632-1704).
*The evening of a well-spent life
brings its lamps with it. --- French essayist Joseph Joubert (1754-1824).
*Foolish men mistake transitory
semblances for eternal fact, and go astray more and more.---Scottish essayist
and historian Thomas Carlyle(1795-18881).
* A man must be both stupid and
uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side,---British
writer Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
*Men err from selfishness; women
because they are weak. ---French author Madam De Stael (1766-1817).
*He alone has lost the art to live
who cannot win new friends. –American author Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914).
*Idleness is the key of beggary, and
the root of all evil.—English clergy Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892).
*A man’s own good breeding is the best
security against other people’s ill manners. –English courtier and orator
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
(1694-1773).
*Responsibility educates,---American
orator Wendell Phillips(1811-18884).
*Love is loveliest when embalmed in
tears.---Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
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G.R.Kanwal
1st August 2025
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